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For Meat That Does More Than Compete The Halton Hills HERALD Florists SPRING AFFAIR DAFFODILS IRIS ST GEORGETOWN NORTKV1EW CENTRE 14600 DISTRIBUTION 28 PAGES Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 FRIDAY JANUARY 1M1 Weapons charges Halton Regional Police closed off part of Hwy for several hours Wednesday evening while attempting to make contact with a male reported to have been brandishing a hand gun outside a residence at Guelph Street Police arrived at the scene just before and found the suspect had entered the residence The area was cordoned off The Regional Police Tactical Rescue Unit arrived at the scene At pm contact was made with the suspect and an arrest was made without incident The weapon which was found to be a pellet gun was recovered and no one was injured during the incident Police say the operation was hampered by poor weather conditions which made visibility difficult Mark Galasso of no fixed address has been charged with pointing a firearm and having a weapon dangerous to public peace His bail hearing was held Thursday in Milton Court past the Heralds press deadline Region opposed to landfill site By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald A revised recommendation ex pressing more strongly Halton Region councils opposition to a proposed landfill site in the Acton quarry was passed by council on Wednesday The proposal was considered by the Planning and Public Works Committee prior to the council meeting which made the recommendation stating the documentation provided by Reclamation Systems Inc the company who wants the landfill site was incorrect and in complete The committee wrote in its report that documentation in areas of issues the Environmental Assessment Act process land use planning and financial issues were inaccurate It is the opinion that if the ap plication is approved as it is cur rently designed said the com mittee then the aquifer a geological formation that sup plies water for springs in this area will be as risk of contamina tion Contamination is what Barbara Halsall representative for Preserve Our Water and En vironment POWER is very concerned about and she express ed those concerns to the board It isnt a matter of if but when our water will be contaminated she said Im encouraged that the Plan ning and Public Works Commit tee said as much as they did said Mrs Halsall Im en- couraged by the recommendation passed but our group would have liked the region to come out and say No we dont want the land fill site However council did say the application was unacceptable in its present form and asked that the director of the Environmental Assessment Branch require Reclamation Systems to further amend its application and urge the company to reconsider pro ceeding further with its applica tion for the landfill site The reason POWER and coun cil dont approve of the landfill is because it would be situated in the Niagara Escarpment which has been classified as a biosphere reserve meaning it conserves ex amples of characteristic ecosystems of some of the worlds natural regions Mrs said places like the Florida everglades and Gallapagos Islands are also classified biosphere reserves The escarpment has been set aside as very special and we should protect it as much as passible said Mrs who said no matter how many studies are done on the Reclamation Systems Inc application a land fill shouldnt be contained in the escarpment Haltons opinion on the matter is required for the operation of a landfill site in but the mat ter doesnt end with Haltons recommendations Now the application is subject to review by government review agencies and inspected by the Environmental Assessment Branch under the Ministry of the Environment Crime Stoppers nabbing crooks Tips from callers to Crime Stoppers helped the organization make arrests and solve SO criminal cases last year The Board of Directors of Crime Stoppers of Halton were pleased with the 1990 statistics they released on Wednesday Sergeant Dave Atkinson the Halton Regional Police officer in charge of receiving tips from anonymous callers said they were able to arrest eight more suspects than last year the increasing number of tips the office has been receiving As the years go by and more people are aware of the program we get more calls and a greater variety of calls he said The started in we CRIME STOPPERS HALTON received 140 calls This year we had calls The arrests officers made helped solve 50 cases this year But Sergeant Atkinson warned Continued 2 Fire causes 20000 damage Hills firefighters were at this house on the Mh Line for twoandahalf hours Wednesday even ing trying to douse a fire burning in the celling rafters The house was severely damaged to the tune of an estimated of which damage was to the house Itself and damage to the property of the tenants residing there Herald photo Renowned artist Robert Bateman to make exclusive presentation Renowned artist and conserva tionist Robert Bateman will make an exclusive presentation to students of the Board of Education on the environment The presentation will take place this Wednesday at EC Drury High School in Milton will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon meeting which begins at am and concludes at 315 pm Batemans address will include a special slide presentation The audience will be approximately 300 Grade to Grade 13 students and teachers from schools within the Board of Education Superintendent of Policy and Planning Bob Parry notes that this exciting event is an ex cellent prelude to Earth Week and will provide an ideal forum for students to express their sincere concerns about sav ing is also serving as the opening speaker for the Ontario School Library Associations Annual Ideashop Conference in Toronto He has generously volunteered to fly in a day earlier from his home in British Colum bia to talk to public school students about the environment Director of Education Bob Williams points out at Mr Bateman apparently has made this commitment to our Board because he was extremely im pressed with our dedication and effort in promoting environmen tal education Bateman has a special relation ship with the Halton Board of having taught in Halton from 19581959 until 1976 He worked in a number of secon dary schools including Nelson and Lord Elgin High Schools in Burlington and also served as an Art Consultant Bateman is well known as one of the foremost artists depicting the world of nature His honors awards and honorary doctorates are many he was made Officer of the Order of Canada our coun trys highest civilian award Two books of art have been made publishing history selling more than half a million copies Batemans art reflects his com mitments to ecology and preser vation He has been an active member of activist clubs and con servation since the early and continues to support environmen tal and preservation issues and conservation organizations by serving as a spokesperson in us ing his art work in undralsing ef forts Bateman has noted I cant conceive of anything being more varied and rich and hand some than the planet Earth And its crowning beauty is the natural world I want to soak it up to understand it as well as I can and to absorb it And then Id like to put it together and express it in my paintings This is the way I want to dedicate my work This presentation is only one of many Board initiatives aimed at encouraging students to learn about and take action on en vironmental issues Board pro grams and activities include an Environmental Network with staff and student representatives at each school largescale In volvement by schools in Earth Week a wide variety of efforts focussed on recycling and the development of a new and comprehensive environmental policy That policy came to the Board of Trustees for tion last Thursday An Inside Look Opinion Hems A Leisure Steamer Korea News Futures Environment Looking Bach 5 Seniors Food Youth Page 17 Editorial 10 Spirts 1821 Weirs 10 Persian Gulf War Town Hall meetings MP Garth Turner will hold special Town Hall meetings in Georgetown and Acton next week to give people a chance to air their views on a number of issues including Canadas involvement in the war now raging in the Persian Gulf It has been- more than years since Canadian troops went into bat tle Turner said We are not a warlike country but we do have a tradition of supporting freedom and taking on those who threaten it I want to give everyone an opportunity to voice their concerns or their support on this important issue Of course as with all my meetings people are also free to discuss any thing else as well The Town Halt meetings will be held in Acton Wednesday January at Trinity United Church 70 Mill St at 730 pm and in Georgetown on Thursday January 730 pm Georgetown Lions Hall 42 Mill St behind the arena For Information call 416 or